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My boyfriend's son is a Nicholas. He has always been Nicky--100% of the time to his grandparents--but he is 7 years old now and starting to rebel. His complaint isn't that Nicky is too feminine, since there aren't many Nikkis his age out there, but that it's a "baby name." He wants Nick or Nicholas.

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I agree with him, though I sometimes slip up from force of habit. Nicky was cute when he was itty-bitty, but it's starting to feel overly precious. He's growing into a good Nick.